Many years ago I saw an interview with someone from the BBFC (possibly James Ferman, can’t remember for sure) and they were discussing a quandary that they encountered when classifying a foot-fetish video. The entire film consisted of nothing but close-up shots of women’s feet, no other part of the body was shown. They had a real problem deciding how to rate the film, the vast majority of people wouldn’t consider a foot offensive, but it was being sold as pornography. In the end they gave it an 18 certificate, but in theory they could have passed it as a U. It’s an extreme case, but it does show how tricky it can be to classify these things.
